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Other pages in this profile of Latvia:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
657,400 (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
2.184 million (2006) |
Telephone system |
general assessment: recent efforts focused on bringing competition to the telecommunications sector; the number of fixed lines is decreasing as wireless telephony expands domestic: number of telecommunications operators has grown rapidly since the fixed-line market opened to competition in 2003; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular subscribership is roughly 125 per 100 persons international: country code - 371; the Latvian network is now connected via fiber optic cable to Estonia, Finland, and Sweden |
Radio broadcast stations |
AM 8, FM 56, shortwave 1 (1998) |
Television broadcast stations |
44 (plus 31 repeaters) (1995) |
Internet country code |
.lv |
Internet hosts |
234,014 (2007) |
Internet users |
1.071 million (2006) |
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Airports |
42 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
total: 21 2,438 to 3,047 m: 7 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 9 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
total: 21 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 20 (2007) |
Pipelines |
gas 1,097 km; oil 82 km; refined products 415 km (2006) |
Railways |
total: 2,303 km broad gauge: 2,270 km 1.520-m gauge (257 km electrified) narrow gauge: 33 km 0.750-m gauge (2006) |
Roadways |
total: 69,532 km paved: 69,532 km (2004) |
Waterways |
300 km (2006) |
Merchant marine |
total: 22 ships (1000 GRT or over) 201,684 GRT/221,186 DWT by type: cargo 9, liquefied gas 2, passenger/cargo 4, petroleum tanker 5, roll on/roll off 2 foreign-owned: 1 (Estonia 1) registered in other countries: 122 (Antigua and Barbuda 9, Belize 14, Cambodia 2, Cyprus 1, Dominica 2, Jamaica 2, Liberia 15, Malta 36, Marshall Islands 10, Panama 5, Russia 2, St Kitts and Nevis 4, St Vincent and The Grenadines 20) (2007) |
Ports and terminals |
Riga, Ventspils |
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